The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:31 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.74° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.87° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.